Roofing-tile.



'J. OPELZ.

ROOFING TILE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 1o. 1913.

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JOHN OPELZ, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0F ON E-II-IIRD TO FRANK ALTMEYER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ROOFING-'IILE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.. 7, 1914.

Application filed April 10, 1913. Serial No. 760,257.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OPELZ, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roofing-Tile, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to roofing tile, and particularly to that class thereof in which the tile when laid will interlock to form close joints at the lappededges, means being provided to interlock the tile at the side edges as well as at the top and bottom ends, where the edges and the ends overlap respectively, the object being to produce a tile which will be water proof and without leaky joints. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for fastening the tile to the rafters.

In the accompanyin drawings- Figure 1 is a top plan view o some of the tile as laid on a roof. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of some of the assembled tile. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. l is a longitudinal section.

The tile will preferably be constructed of molded material, but may be produced in metal or other material if desired. Each tile is substantially rectangular in outline, and on the upper face thereof, at one edge, it has a pair of ribs 9, extending lengthwise, and producing grooves therebetween. At the opposite edge, the under side of the tile has a corresponding pair of ribs 10, the thickness of the tile being reduced at each edge so that said edges may be overlapped, and when they are lapped the ribs 10 t between the ribs 9 to make a tight joint at the edges. The upper surface of the tile may also be grooved as indicated at 11, and the lower surface provided with depressions 12, for the sake of lightness and economy of material. On the upper surface, near the upper edge, each tile has ribs 13 extending crosswise and spaced apart to form a groove suiiiciently wide to receive the corresponding rib 14 on the lower end and underside of the tile next above, and at the upper end each tile has a notch 8 at about the middle thereof through which extends the lug 7L located at the lower corner and underside of the tile next above, and beside each notch the tile has a downwardly extending lug 7. When the tile are laid in courses these lugs are located beside each other, and each lug has a hole through the same, which holes register to receive a pin 15 which holds the tiles together and thereby clamps the successive courses to each other, and the pin or nail may extend into a rafter 16 to hold the roof in place.

The notches and lugs exactly position the various tiles with respect to each other and enable the roof to be quickly laid, and the interlocking ribs and grooves, as well as the lugs fastened together, prevent any shift or `movement of the various tiles and insures a tight and water proof roof.

What I claim as new is:

A roofing tile having a notch at the mid dle of one end and a depending lu@ beside said notch, and also having a depending lug at the corner of the opposite end adapted to fit through the notch and -beside the lug of an adjacent tile, and means to fasten to gether the lugs of adjacent tiles.

In testimony whereof, I do affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN OPELZ.

Witnesses:

FRANK ALTMEYER, JOHN A. BOMMHARDT.

Copies of this patent may beobtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C. 

